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... natural or moral right of men to acquire property , as a fair reward for work , is lim- ited to the amount required to produce their customary needs . John Locke , the greatest of the natural rights philosophers , resolved this conflict ...
... natural or moral right of men to acquire property , as a fair reward for work , is lim- ited to the amount required to produce their customary needs . John Locke , the greatest of the natural rights philosophers , resolved this conflict ...
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... natural place as the heart of the continent , near the centre of its natural capabilities . George W. Julian 10. THE PUBLIC LANDS By 1850 , the disposition of the public lands had become one of Congress's major continuing problems ...
... natural place as the heart of the continent , near the centre of its natural capabilities . George W. Julian 10. THE PUBLIC LANDS By 1850 , the disposition of the public lands had become one of Congress's major continuing problems ...
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... natural right of the land- less citizen of the country to a home upon its soil . The earth was designed by its Maker for the nourishment and support of man . The free and unbought occupancy of it be- longed , originally , to the people ...
... natural right of the land- less citizen of the country to a home upon its soil . The earth was designed by its Maker for the nourishment and support of man . The free and unbought occupancy of it be- longed , originally , to the people ...
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acreage acres administration agencies agrarian agri agricul agricultural press amendment American agriculture areas banks become bill cities citizens colleges Committee commodities Congress Constitution cooperative cotton crop culture demand democracy democratic Department of Agriculture duction economic effect Equal Protection Clause established export family farm Farm Bureau farmers favor federal frontier homestead Homestead Act improvement income increase industry interest Jefferson Jeffersonian Democracy justment labor Land Economics legislation legislature living major ment millions movement Nebraska Negro nomic operation organization party percent Physiocratic political population Populist preemption law President principle problem production Progressivism prosperity public lands railroads representative Resettlement Administration result rural schools Secretary of Agriculture Senator settlers sion social society soil Southern surplus tenants Territory tion tive tural ture United urban Vandalia vote wealth West